What’s Happening in LGA Free Local Newsletter

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No. 14: September 2015

Alice Saffell shows off her Little Free Library

‘Autumn Movement’ workshop at ROMP

OKLAHOMA ARTS COUNCIL VISIT. . . Two members from theOklahoma Arts Council visited the August meeting of the LocustGrove Arts Alliance with information on grants that schools andcommunity groups could apply for to enrich programs in the arts.Shown above are Theresa Mennecke, board member of the Lo-cust Grove Area Chamber of Commerce; Jennifer Henson, presi-dent of the LGAA; Shaun Perkins, curator of the Rural Okla-homa Museum of Poetry; and from the state arts council: MollyO’Connor and Jennifer Allen-Barron. --Photo by Roxann Yates

The Rural Oklahoma Museum of Poetry (ROMP) willhost a special guest, drummer River Roberts, for its cel-ebration of the movement of autumn into the world onSept. 25-26.

Roberts, a well-known drummer and rhythm facilita-tor, will be on hand for a drumming session at PipeSprings Park. Those attending the event are invited tobring their own drum, homemade or not, or any othermusical instruments to celebrate with rhythm and po-etry. ROMP director Shaun Perkins will read severalpoems as well, in this celebration of the fall season.

On Saturday night, Sept. 26 from 5-9 p.m., people areinvited out to ROMP to enjoy museum activities, a drumworkshop from River, and a drumming circle around anautumn bonfire with anyone joining in.

Another special guest, Arden Goewert, will be teach-ing folk dances that anyone can join in. Museum direc-tor Perkins will do some impromptu group poetry, andwinners of the “Tin Can Drum Competition” will be an-

Chicago drummer River Roberts, folk dance teacher, Arden Goewert, featured

nounced.THE TIN CAN CONTEST invites participants to

make a drum from a tin can with the top covered with apiece of rubber (part of a balloon will do). Choose aphrase or line from a poem to inspire your drum. Thepoetic line can be your own or from a famous poem.Paint or decorate the drum in your own artistic style andwrite/paint the line on it. Prizes will be awarded in sev-eral categories.

Tin can drums can be brought to one or both of theAutumn Movement events: the rhythm circle at PipeSprings Park after the homecoming parade on Sept. 25,or to the Autumn Movement event at ROMP on Sept. 26from 5-9 p.m., when winners of the best-decorated drumswill be announced. (Continued on Page 2)

DRUMMER River Roberts will be a special guest performer atthe Rural Museum of Poetry’s autumn celebration Sept. 25-26.

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LGAA meets Sept. 9 at VFWMembers of the Locust Grove Arts Alliance will

meet at 5:47 p.m., Wednesday, Sept. 9 when they makeplans for upcoming events.

The Town Council has given the group permissionto place six former newspaper boxes on Main Street tohelp distribute copies of the LGAA Newsletter “WhatHappening in LG.”

Ray Grass reported on his progress in restoring themural on the vacant building at the corner of MainStreet and Broadway. The artist has nearly finished bothends of the mural, and he will tackle the portrait oftown founder in the center next.

The LGAA is actively seeking new members as itgoes into its third year of helping to bring attention tothe arts, and activities which support the arts. For thefirst time, the group has decided to attach a fee of $20to each membership application to help support theprograms which the alliance is planning.

Anyone who is interested in getting involved withthe group is invited to attend the one-hour meetings.

The group also agreed to decorate a float for theChristmas parade, and Fern McFarland encouragedmembers of the group to enter decorated trees orwreaths in the Festival of Trees held on the first Satur-day in December at the First United Methodist Church.

Upcoming ROMP ContestsThe Rural Oklahoma Museum of Poetry has two

upcoming contests for people of all ages.The first is a “Tin Can Poem Drum Contest” which

involves making a drum from an ordinary tin can and apiece of rubber (part of a balloon will do). Choose apoetic line -- your own or a line from a famous poem.Paint or decorate the drum in your own artistic way andwrite/paint the line on it. Prizes will be awarded.

Bring your tin can to one or both of these AutumnMovement events: the rhythm circle at Pipe SpringsPark after the homecoming parage on Sept. 25, or tothe Autumn Movement event at ROMP on Sept. 26 from5-9 p.m.

A scary poem contest will have a deadline of Oct.16. Come read or tell your dark and scary poem on Darkand Scary Night Oct. 24 at the museum. Prizes will beawarded. Email or mail poem toROMPoetry@gmail.com or 6619 S. 4382, LG, OK74352. More information can be found on the webstieat ROMPPoetry.com.

PRETTY IN PINK. . .Alice Saffell stands beside the Little FreeLibrary which she created at a recent Locust Grove Arts Allianceworkshop led by Kelly Palmer. Saffell placed her little library onthe porch at Sisters Sweets. People are invited to “take a book andleave a book” at the little library.

Autumn Movement continued. . .Perkins chose the name “Autumn Movement” for the

fall celebration from a poem by Carl Sandburg. The folkdancing will begin at 7 p.m., Sept. 26, and the drum circlewill follow at 8 p.m.

All events are free and open to the public. Donationsare accepted. ROMP is a 501(c) (3) nonprofit, and alldonations fund the museum’s continuing work.

Autumn MovementI cried over beautiful things knowing no beautiful

thing lasts.The field of cornflower yellow is a scarf at the neck

of the copper sunburned woman, the mother of theyear, the taker of seeds.

The northwest wind comes and the yellow is tornfull of holes, new beautiful things come in the first spitof snow on the northwest wind, and the old things go,

not one lasts.

--Carl Sandburg, 1878-1967

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She comes from a familyof educators and a child-hood of playing school.Now she’s married to aschool principal and worksas a parent educator.

“My job is to empowerparents to serve as theirchild’s first and bestteacher,” Angela Holmansaid. Holman, who is em-ployed at Locust Groveschools through a State De-partment of Educationgrant, works as a parent edu-cator in the Parent Educa-tion Program (formerlyOklahoma Parents as Teach-ers).

Since childhood, Holmanhas heard and conducted thetalk of a teacher.

“My great grandfatherwas a school board member;my grandfather was a school

superintendent; my fatherwas an assistant principal atLocust Grove High School.Education is in my blood. Iremember as a kid listeningto the adults sitting aroundthe table talking shop,” shesaid.

Playing school wasHolman’s favorite game asa child.

“My Barbies and I wereteachers. However, as muchas I loved playing teacher,playing student wasn’t myfavorite role,” Holman said.

Though she has com-pleted most of her educa-tion degree and serves as amath tutor to middle schoolstudents, she doesn’t havea teaching degree.

“I took a break that be-came permanent. At onetime I lacked two classes

and my internship. WhileI’m not certified to teach, Ihave enjoyed a great careerin education. I love what Ido,” she said.

Medical and financial re-sources and parent/child ac-tivities are provided to thoseHolman works with.

“I serve a minimum of 35

local families with childrenages zero to three eachmonth for 10 months out ofthe year. My first priority isalways our Locust Grovestudents who are pregnantor parenting. I want themto be successful in schoolwhile also being successful

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Angela Holman destined for education

Angela Holman stands beside a back-to-school poster at the EarlyLearning Center. She says that education is in her blood, and sheworks as a parent educator in the Parent Education Program.

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as parents. I am also able toserve anyone else in thecommunity who is inter-ested. There are no age orincome restrictions,”Holman said.

Holman believes all par-ents need support.

“Parenting is the hardestjob out there. I actually hadmy own OPAT parent edu-cator when I had my firstchild. She was invaluableto me,” she said.

Each month Holman vis-its families in the program,or they meet with her at theEarly Learning Center.

Family time and sit-downmeals are important in theHolman household. For hus-band Shane and daughtersBrynlee, age 13, and Rylee,

age 11, Holman said she“loves to cook and create acozy home environment.”

“Cooking is my favoriteart. I rarely use recipes. I feellike a painter might feel byadding a bit of red here or abit of blue there to get it justright. I add a pinch of saltand a handful of basil, and Ifeel happy.”

Though her daughters’bedrooms are a mess, theirhearts are not, and thatmakes Holman happy too.

“Their bedroom floorslook like dumpsters most ofthe time, but they have ten-der hearts like Shane and Ido, and they have a desireto help those in need,” shesaid. “Brynlee babysits, andRylee wants us to become

foster parents.”Holman is supportive of

her husband’s work.“His struggles are my

struggles, and I get angrywhen things aren’t the wayI think they should be, butit’s usually short-lived.People like him, and I reapsome of the benefits ofthat.”

When she needs an es-cape, Holman stays at theRural Oklahoma Museumof Poetry’s Poet’s Retreat.

“There is nowhere like itand nowhere more refresh-ing to me. I read, write, anddo a little crafting in myalone time,” Holman said.

Another diversion fromthe world of work has be-come her involvement in

the use and sales of YoungLiving essential oils.

“They’ve helped so muchwith my allergies. I can nowenjoy the porch and the fire.I meet with individuals orgroups to discuss my love ofoils because there is an oilfor everything,” Holmansaid.

And there is help for ev-ery need. The art in her workis about finding balance.

“To find balance betweentelling a family the informa-tion they desperately need tohear, but may not want to,and having them invite meback to their home again andagain, takes skill. I’m stillworking on that. I’m con-stantly honing that art,”Holman said.

(Continued from Page 3) Angela Holman continued. . .

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CHUGGIN’ ALONG. . .Artist Ray Grass makes progress on bring-ing the mural at Main Street and Broadway back to life. Imagesfrom the Trail of Tears, the Battle of Locust Grove, and the im-portance of the train to the town are all a part of the mural whichwas originally painted by alternative education students underthe direction of teacher Marsha Whalen nearly 20 years ago. Theimages had begun to fade, and Grass is bringing them back totheir original brightness. His work is all on a volunteer basis withLGAA paying for the supplies. Toot your horn and give Ray athumb’s up for his work, but don’t be surprised if he doesn’t lookup. He’s pretty intense when he’s in the middle of a project.

Chamber of Commerceplans Indian Taco meal

football field.All orders will be to go.

And proceeds will beused for the Christ-

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the Adair gameon Sept. 10.

Sponsors ofthe event are Sisters

Sweets, Clay’s Car Corraland Sister’s Suds.

The Locust Grove AreaChamber of Commercewill host an Indian tacoand drink mealfor $7 from 4-6:30 p.m. be-fore the an-nual Battle ofHighway 82with SalinaT h u r s d a y,Sept. 3.

The taco standwill be located out-side of Sisters Sweets justa few steps away from the

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Open to the public, RAEhopes to increase the num-ber of participants this year.Interested parties shouldcontact Margo Goodall,Administrative Assistant atRAE and Chair of the tour-nament. Reach or by phoneor email at: 918-825-7222

RAE Corp. plans fundraising golf tourney

or 918-645-5515 ormargo@rae-corp.com.

Monies raised in thischarity event will helpemployees “who are ex-periencing financial hard-ships due to medical is-sues, family tragedy ornatural disaster situa-tions,” said KaitlynClarke, Human Re-sources Specialist forRAE Corporation.

Created in 2010 to aidemployees in need, RAEFamily Foundation(RFF), has provided 44

employees with $46,000 indonations.

“The RFF has also do-nated to charities includingAmerican Cancer Society’sRelay for Life, the Susan G.Komen Race for the Cureand the Movember Founda-tion for Men’s Health. Wealso initiated a scholarshipfund in 2014 to help fundcontinuing education forchildren of RAE employeeswho achieve excellence inschool and in the commu-nity,” Clarke said.

RAE organizers were

pleased with the past twotournament results “we andlook forward to anothergreat day on the greens!”Clarke said.

The foundation hopes toreach a wider range of em-ployees’ needs with thistournament and other char-ity events.

“We are constantly doingfundraisers within the com-pany to raise money for ourcoworkers in need. We havesold cinnamon rolls, heldbake sales and chili cook

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(Continued from Page 6)offs, hosted Taco Tuesday.This year we even held anEaster Egg Lottery, puttingdonated prizes and candyinside Easter eggs and sell-ing them for $1each. We sellpopsicles weekly during thesummer and popcorn oncea month and have manyother fundraisers to raisemoney one dollar at a time.We are currently doing anongoing fundraiser called“Flip the Queen” whereemployees buy raffle ticketsfor a chance to flip over acard: if the card flipped is aqueen or a joker you winmoney! The golf tourna-ment is our opportunity tofundraise from outside thecompany to bring in a larger

amount of funds all at once,”Clarke said.

Last year’s event wassponsored by Air Gas, BoydMetals, Broken Arrow Elec-tric Supply, Emerson Cli-mate Technologies, ExpressEmployment Professionals,Ferguson, Hasty-Bake,INTERPACK, Irby, MC Pe-troleum, Pryor ChemicalCompany, Red Devil,Ryerson, Westermeyer In-dustries, Inc., Shorty’sGrille and The Mid-Ameri-can Grille.

“We are hoping thosesame companies will sup-port our charitable causeagain this year; we have afew new sponsors, and weare hoping for many moreplayers,” said Clarke.

2014 WINNER. . . Clifford Hurt, Locust Grove, was the winnerof a Hasty Bake grill door prize at last year’s tournament.

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“LGAA Kid

Programs

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Coalition plans Cruise Night/Car ShowThe Locust Grove Com-

munity Coalition plans aCruise Night/Car Showfrom noon to 7 p.m. Oct. 10.

The registration will befrom noon until 3 p.m.; theshow and shine will be from

3-5 p.m.; the trophy presen-tation will be at 5 p.m., andthe cruise will be from 5-7p.m.

Dash plaques and giftbags will go to the first 100entries. Pre-registration is

$5 and $10 on the day of theevent.

Awards will go to the top50 cars and trucks, policechoice, Community Coali-tion Choice, two 10 motor-cycles, firefighter’s choice,

longest distance, and largestclub participation.

The event will also in-clude food, music and fun.For more infromation, call:Wayne at 918-314-4353 orSusan at 918-373-1085.

T-shirts will be availablefor $10, and a 50/50 rafflewill take place.

The judges’ decision inall categories are final.

The Senior Citizens Din-ner and Dance will be “Sep-tember in Hawaii” on Sept.5. Dinner will featuresmoked pork chops. TheHole in the Wall Band willprovide the music.

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